1. David St. Andrew
Summary:
• Experienced in inventory control/supply chain, negotiation and project management specializing in cost reduction.
Results orientated developer of policies and procedures.
• Skilled problem solver and leader especially during crisis situations. Interface with company owners, directors,
senior engineers, quality managers, production supervisors and production personnel.
• Experienced in purchasing a variety of commodities such as base alloys, steel castings, capital equipment and
MRO material.
• Active leader on Change Control Board and Material Review Board at Medtronic Cardiopulmonary.
• Experienced in New Product Development, New Product Introduction and End of Cycle Planning.
Technical Skills:
• IBM System 84 and 34, AS400, BLISS, BPICS, MAPICS, MRP/ERP, MS Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and
Outlook, JD Edwards, Great Plains Dynamics Accounting System, ASK-MANMAN, Odyssey.
Education/Certification:
• Bachelor of Arts, California State University, Fresno -
• Secondary Education Credential
• Institute for Supply Management Certification - modules 1 and 2 completed.
Work Experience:
4/2010 – 3/2016
Pacific Steel Casting Company, Berkeley, CA.
Senior Raw Materials Buyer
Raw Materials Commodity Buyer
• Re-introduced and implemented an Enterprise Resource Planning system, material inventory methods,
developing strategies for commodity procurement while initiating a detailed tracking method for environmentally
sensitive materials.
• Successfully lead a $1.2 million cost reduction effort during two-year company financial crisis.
• Manage all aspects of the purchasing/planning/inventory control process of raw alloys required to produce melted
steel used for manufacturing steel castings, reporting results monthly and annually directly to the Board of
Directors.
• Initiated a material planning system utilizing firm forecasts to provide critical suppliers with Pacific
• Steel Casting Company requirements reducing backorders to less than 2%.
• Re-instituted strategies that have reduced inventory variance to less than a 2% since 2011.
• Currently analyzing the alloys commodity market to develop strategies in anticipation of extreme market volatility
in the near term.
• Received Employee Achievement/Excellence award for leading a project bringing Design
• Engineers, Metallurgy Engineers, production personnel and suppliers together to build a new more efficient steel
furnace roof that will save $218,000.00 annually in energy, labor and material costs.
• Coordinate offshore purchases from Vietnam and United Kingdom.
9/2009 – 4/2010
GWF Power System Company
MRO – Shut Down Buyer
• Responsible to procure replacement and repair parts for four electric generating plant shut downs.
• Researched and sourced suppliers for obsolete parts. Expedited the purchase of obsolete parts.
• Cleared a two-year backlog of unidentified MRO parts by working with engineers and journeymen mechanics to
determine specific part, function and source.
• Reviewed specifications for capital equipment with engineers, identified correct equipment and
• suppliers, completed procurement.
• Expedited suppliers to enable prompt delivery maintaining critical shut down schedules.
3/2004 – 4/2009
Pacific Steel Casting Company, Berkeley, CA.
Raw Materials Buyer
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2. • Responsible for developing and implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning system, material inventory
methods, developing strategies for commodity procurement and initiating a detailed tracking method for
environmentally sensitive materials and performing ISO Audits.
• Manage all aspects of the purchasing/planning process of raw alloys required to produce melted steel used for
manufacturing steel castings, placing more than $40 million in annual purchases.
• Initiated an ERP system to track the inventory of raw materials to produce the melted steel achieving six inventory
turns annually.
• Implemented strategies that reduced inventory variances from a $645,000.00 monthly to less than $8000.00
currently or less than a 2% variance.
• Successfully analyzed the rapidly escalating Nickel market to determine the best purchase opportunity.
Purchased below the London Metal Exchange month average 22 of 24 consecutive months resulting in an
average monthly cost avoidance of $10,600.00 and a high monthly avoidance of $32,000.00.
• Initiated strategies that resulted in improved supplier performance and long term supplier relations.
• Coordinate offshore purchases from Vietnam, China and United Kingdom.
• Actively participated on Lean Team/Kaizen Procurement Team.
10/2002 – 2/2003
Consulate of Nicaragua, San Francisco, CA.
Office Manager/Consultant
• Responsible for instituting new polices procedures and training for daily Consulate operations.
• Developed procedures to improve customer service by reducing in office wait times from three hours to 45
minutes.
• Introduced policies that enabled office staff to maximize and redirect work efforts, improving efficiency by 15%.
• Successfully trained office personnel on new policies, procedures and computer use.
2/1999 – 8/2002
Crane Pacific Valves, Long Beach, CA.
Senior Buyer
• Responsible for all aspects of steel purchases including supplier selection, capital tool costs, castings, offshore
procurement (China, India), supply chain management, quality requirements and information technology
requirements.
• Initiated and lead the quality team consisting of the Senior Casting Engineer, Quality Manager and
• Purchasing to collaborate with Foundries to reduce reject rates from 32% to 8%.
• Devised and implemented a plan that improved supplier delivery performance by 20%.
• Successfully completed supplier selection, approval and transfer of 230 steel casting tools for the primary Crane
Pacific Valves product line. Completed project $80,000.00 under budget.
• Coordinated production priorities, scheduling, first article sampling and delivery with the new
• foundry while maintaining Crane Pacific Valves active production schedule.
• Developed strategies to improve supplier relations in order to foster long-term relationships.
9/1997 – 12/ 1998
Columbia Pacific Aluminum Corp., City of Industry, CA.
Purchasing Manager
• Responsible for managing the purchasing operation supporting production, maintenance and administration.
• Planned, implemented and coordinated capital construction projects and capital
• equipment upgrades projects.
• Developed and implemented policies and procedures for the Purchasing department.
• Introduced and coordinated J.I.T. and Kanban processes.
• Initiated contracts with new suppliers and reviewed all renewal contracts with continuing suppliers.
• Managed on-site construction projects preparing RFI's, RFO's, awarded contracts and monitored completion
within schedule and budget requirements.
Other:
• United Way Fund Drive Leader, 1991 - 1996
• Member - Institute for Supply Management, 1992 – 2000, 2011 - present
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